Are you sure they're red? Purple dots indicate smart tags. According to
Word's Help, "You can use smart tags to perform actions in Word that you'd
normally open other programs to do." Those actions are defined as "actions:
Tasks that can be performed by using smart tags. For example, adding a name
to a Microsoft Outlook Contacts folder is one action that might be taken
with a person name smart tag.)" Since I have yet to find any actual use for
smart tags, I remove them from my documents; do this on the Smart Tags tab
of Tools | AutoCorrect Options.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
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"mrbill1033" wrote in message
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I am editing a word document sent to me. Some words and some phrases have
red
dots under them. I do not have this problem with my MSWord 2002.
Where is this function located so that it may be turned off. I can correct
it but it must be done word by word. I put space in the word and hit
Backspace, and the red dots disappear!
Thank you for any help.